申命记 1:15

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

我就選出你們眾支派中的領袖，就是有智慧有經驗的人；按著你們的支派，立他們作管理你們的首領，就是作千夫長、百夫長、五十夫長、十夫長和其他官長。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 便 将 你 们 各 支 派 的 首 领 ， 有 智 慧 、 为 众 人 所 认 识 的 ， 照 你 们 的 支 派 ， 立 他 们 为 官 长 、 千 夫 长 、 百 夫 长 、 五 十 夫 长 、 十 夫 长 ， 管 理 你 们 。

Contextual Overview

⁹ At that time I said, "I am not able to take care of you by myself. ¹⁰ The Lord your God has made you grow in number so that there are as many of you as there are stars in the sky. ¹¹ I pray that the Lord , the God of your ancestors, will give you a thousand times more people and do all the wonderful things he promised. ¹² But I cannot take care of your problems, your troubles, and your arguments by myself. ¹³ So choose some men from each tribe—wise men who have understanding and experience—and I will make them leaders over you." ¹⁴ And you said, "That's a good thing to do." ¹⁵ So I took the wise and experienced leaders of your tribes, and I made them your leaders. I appointed commanders over a thousand people, over a hundred people, over fifty people, and over ten people and made them officers over your tribes. ¹⁶ Then I told your leaders, "Listen to the arguments between your people. Judge fairly between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner. ¹⁷ When you judge, be fair to everyone; don't act as if one person is more important than another, and don't be afraid of anyone, because your decision comes from God. Bring the hard cases to me, and I will judge them." ¹⁸ At that time I told you everything you must do.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I took: Deuteronomy 16:18, Exodus 18:25, Exodus 18:26

made: Heb. gave, Ephesians 4:11

captains over thousands: Numbers 31:14, 1 Samuel 8:12, 1 Samuel 17:18, 1 Samuel 22:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 5:6 - officers Exodus 18:21 - rulers of thousands Numbers 1:16 - heads Numbers 10:4 - General Numbers 11:16 - officers Numbers 13:2 - a ruler Deuteronomy 20:5 - the officers Joshua 10:6 - mountains 1 Chronicles 12:20 - captains 1 Chronicles 15:25 - captains 1 Chronicles 27:1 - captains Psalms 58:1 - O congregation Isaiah 3:3 - captain Micah 5:2 - thousands Matthew 21:33 - husbandmen Luke 20:9 - husbandmen

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known,.... The principal persons among them, that were remarkable and well known for their wisdom and understanding, whom the people presented to him:

and made them heads over you; rulers of them, as follows:

captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens; see Exodus 18:21

and officers among your tribes; which Jarchi interprets of such that bind malefactors and scourge them, according to the decree of the judges, even the executioners of justice; and so the Jews commonly understand them to be, though some have thought they were judges also.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This appointment of the “captains” (compare Exodus 18:21 ff) must not be confounded with that of the elders in Numbers 11:16 ff. The former would number 78,600; the latter were 70 only.

A comparison between this passage and that in Exodus makes it obvious that Moses is only touching on certain parts of the whole history, without regard to order of time, but with a special purpose. This important arrangement for the good government of the people took place before they left Horeb to march direct to the promised land. This fact sets more clearly before us the perverseness and ingratitude of the people, to which the orator next passes; and shows, what he was anxious to impress, that the fault of the 40 years’ delay rested only with themselves!

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 1:15. Captains over thousands, c. — What a curious and well-regulated economy was that of the Israelites! See its order and arrangement:

1. GOD, the KING and Supreme Judge

2. Moses, God's prime minister;

3. The priests, consulting him by Urim and Thummim;

4. The chiefs or princes of the twelve tribes;

5. Chilliarchs, or captains over thousands;

6. Centurions, or captains over hundreds;

7. Tribunes, or captains over fifty men;

8. Decurions, or captains over ten men; and,

9. Officers, persons who might be employed by the different chiefs in executing particular commands. All these held their authority from God, and yet were subject and accountable to each other. See the notes on Num. ii.